ARSLAN MAJID ECE DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Overview Energy harvesting Piezoelectricity Future outlook [1]

Energy Harvesting What is it? Macro scale- wind and solar Micro scale- electromagnetic and piezoelectricity [3] [2]

Piezoelectricity Deform to get voltage Apply voltage to deform [4][5]

Piezoelectricity What is it? Occurs in polycrystalline materials  (For example: Quartz, lead-zirconate-titanate, Rochelle salt, etc.) [4]

Piezoelectricity- Output Output always different High voltage, low current Sample output: [6]

Future Outlook [7]

Contact Information Arslan Majid ECE Department, University of Utah References: [1]- “Piezoelectric Plate’s and Buzzers”, Oct. 17, [Online]. Available: [Accessed: Oct.17, 2009]. [2]- “Generating Electricity”, Oct. 17, [Online]. Available: [Accessed: Oct.17, 2009]. [3]- “Queen of England Buys World’s Biggest Turbine”, Oct. 17, [Online]. Available: [Accessed: Oct.17, 2009]. [4]- “ NASA Invention of the Year’ Controls Noise and Vibration ”, Oct. 17, [Online]. Available: [Accessed: Oct.17, 2009]. [5]- “ The Micro Fiber Composite (MFC)”, Oct. 17, [Online]. Available: choice.php?from=MFC [Accessed: Oct.17, 2009]. [6]- Shashank Priya and Daniel J. Inman, “Energy Harvesting Technologies,“ New York: Springer, 2009, pp [7]- “TR10: Nanopiezoelectronics ”, Oct. 17, [Online]. Available: [Accessed: Oct.17, 2009]. [8]- “ Energy Harvesting Forum”, Oct. 17, [Online]. Available: [Accessed: Oct.17, 2009].